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Colorado mudslide: Before, after images show scale of destruction

By the Denver Post

Posted:
05/29/2014 11:07:42 AM MDT

Updated:
05/30/2014 09:12:30 AM MDT

Before and after: The DigitalGlobe satellite image on the left shows the Mesa County, Colorado mudslide area on April, 28, 2012. The image on the right shows mudslide devastation as it appeared in fresh satellite imagery May 27, 2014. (Photo courtesy DigitalGlobe and Google)

The imaging company DigitalGlobe has updated photos that show the devastation of the mudslide area in Mesa County.

A satellite image taken Tuesday from Longmont-based DigitalGlobe shows the mudslide near Collbran that is more than 700 acres. They also released an image of the same area taken in April 2012 for comparison.